Mala (Wedge Antilles)

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"The Empire hurt people close to me. Family. Friends. A girl I loved, once."

―Wedge Antilles, talking about how the Empire harmed Mala^[1]

Mala^[2] was a female^[1] individual who was beloved to Wedge Antilles. At some point during the reign of the Galactic Empire, Mala, along with Antilles' family, were harmed by the Empire.^[1]^[2] During his time with Phoenix Squadron, Antilles wore a flight helmet bearing the name of Mala in Aurebesh.^[3]^[4]

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Behind the scenes[]

Mala was first indirectly mentioned in Chuck Wendig's 2015 novel Aftermath.^[1] She was first named on Wedge Antilles' flight helmet in the Star Wars Rebels episode "Warhead,"^[3] which aired on January 14, 2017.^[5] Mala was not identified as a separate character until the release of the fifty-seventh issue of the Star Wars Helmet Collection magazine in 2018.^[2] In the Star Wars Legends, the character of Mala Tinero first appeared through flashbacks in "Lucky," a short comic story written by Rob Williams and penciled by Michel Lacombe. It was published in the twenty-third issue of the Star Wars Tales series^[6] on May 11, 2005.^[7] Her last name of Tinero was identified in the 2012 reference book The Essential Guide to Warfare, penned by Jason Fry and Paul R. Urquhart.^[8]